Season Summary and League Update - Summer Trading has begun! 8-Man Rosters also due!

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Season Summary and League Update - Summer Trading has begun! 8-Man Rosters also due!

Dear IKL Owners,

Welcome to the fifth season of the IKL. Last season's win meant that the Baltimore Bulldogs won their fourth consecutive championship, firmly establishing themselves as the first great dynasty of the IKL era. However, the deep rookie class and significant FA movement this year gives the other 19 teams in the league a great chance to finally knock bulldog off his perch.

If any owners are not coming back this year, please PM me ASAP so I can get to work finding a replacement owner.

SUMMER TRADING IS OPEN

First off, trading is now open again (technically, it was open as soon as the finals ended, but hey)! Teams do not have to worry about the 12-man limit during the summer. Teams also have four picks (due to the agreed-on 8-man roster limits for this season) to trade. Any trades made must be followed up by PMs to me by both sides of the deal.

SUMMER ROSTERS

These were the rosters as of the last regular season game.

Please submit your 8-man protected lists by July 14 (PM me) so we can get the draft rolling ASAP.

If you are keeping more than 8 players, remind me to take your draft picks away. People who currently do not have a first round pick cannot retain more than 8 players.

An idea that came up during the season was changing the current way of ordering our drafts for next season. Currently, we simply do it in the reverse order of the final standings. However, we also have the option to change it to the NBA model, where the 12 playoff teams occupy the last 12 spots each round ordered by their regular season record, and the 8 non-playoff teams getting the top 8 spots, again ordered by their regular season records. Please vote in the attached poll, also by July 14. A simple majority for either option will make it official, though anyone with compelling arguments as to the opposite will be heard out too.

Looking forward to another great season! Thanks guys. Get your protected lists in ASAP!

Also I want to say I'm not in favor drafting like done in the NBA as I think in the end it could lead to some teams just being in a difficult division/conference not making the playoffs, but at the sametime being massively better then some playoff teams in the other conference who make the playoffs because for example most teams in their conference are in a rebuilding process. This leads to more uneven conferences/divisions IMHO. It might even lead to some teams in the end of the regular season who see that they are not making the playoffs anyway tanking an extra few games to get a better pick.